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Rohan Brown, manager of Weather Services at the Meteorological Service of Jamaica.
March 6, 2026 by Gladstone H. Taylor

How satellites, science shape hurricane forecasts

Imagine a hurricane making landfall on the very day you decide to visit the supermarket or the beach – and imagine facing it without warning. For small island states in the tropics, such a scenario…
Colleen Wint-Bond, project coordinator at the Violence Prevention Alliance, presents gifts to a student at the Chalky Hill Primary and Infant School on National Peace Day.
March 6, 2026

Chalky Hill Primary’s peacemakers celebrated

About 50 students at Chalky Hill Primary and Infant School have been designated Irie Stars Peacemakers under a collaborative effort between the Violence Prevention Alliance (VPA) and the Sandals…
Education Officer for Region 5, Ministry of Education, Skills, Youth and Information, Marsha Fennell-Bell (third left), cuts the ribbon to officially hand over the new 11-classroom block at Holmwood Technical High School in Manchester on Monday. Sharing i
March 6, 2026

Holmwood Technical gets 11 new classrooms

Holmwood Technical High School in Manchester now has a new, four-level classroom block, which was built by the Ministry of Education, Skills, Youth and Information at a cost of approximately $200…
Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Education, Skills, Youth and Information, Dr Kasan Troupe (left), shares a moment with Principal, St Mary Technical High School, Orville Richards (centre), and Board Chairman, St Mary Technical High School, Dr Isaac B
March 6, 2026

St Mary Technical steps up TVET ambition with innovation hub

St Mary Technical High School has begun to position itself more assertively within Jamaica’s technical-education landscape. The school’s principal, Orville Richards, has praised the Ministry of…
Andrea Dempster Chung (centre), moderator of the building black arts ecosystems panel, poses with panellists (from left) Institute of Caribbean Studies lecturer and author, Kam-Au Amen; Cultural and Creative Industries Alliance of Jamaica Co-Chair Kaiel E
March 6, 2026

Jamaica Book Festival debuts Africa-Caribbean literary exchange

The Confucius Institute at The University of the West Indies, Mona, transformed into a dynamic literary hub of conversation, creativity, and cross-continental connection last Saturday as the Jamaica…
A coffin is carried during the funeral of mostly children killed in what Iranian officials said was an Israeli-US strike February 28 at a girls’ elementary school in Minab, Iran.
March 6, 2026

Peter Espeut | Gold, glory and Orwell

The Christians are in Lent, the Muslims are in Ramadan, and the United States (US) is at war. The Catholic hierarchy in the US largely supported Donald Trump in the last US presidential election…
March 6, 2026

Kristen Gyles | The law that was ‘nailed to the Cross’

“He that smiteth a man, so that he die, shall be surely put to death.” A few years ago, in response to an article I wrote expressing discomfort with the concept of capital punishment, someone quoted…
A man rides a scooter past a wrecked car and garbage during a blackout in Havana.
March 6, 2026

Letter of the Day | Sovereignty is not selective

THE EDITOR, Madam: The recent rhetoric surrounding Cuba and other sovereign nations should concern every Caribbean citizen who understands our history. When powerful leaders speak casually about…
Children hold a sign protesting war against Iran during an antiwar demonstration at Dealey Plaza in downtown Dallas.
March 6, 2026

Bad case of war fever

THE EDITOR, Madam: Four days after bombs and rockets began raining onto political and military targets throughout Iran, President Trump hosted a press conference in the Oval Office, during his…